"Slammed" the X5

[TiAgX5]

Originally Posted by 525iT_Feen

You lost me there bud. I think we're saying the same thing? What i'm saying is with the AIR equipped x5s going to low severely deteriorates ride quality because the shocks AREN'T valved correctly for lowering the vehicle and the bags have too little pressure which creates excessive bounce from the rear.

With a coilover - the lower you go that stiffer it gets. In the case of the x5 I've found that that theory works for the front shocks but the rear bags being separate prevent the car from actually getting stiffer. Instead you just abuse the stock shocks and bag. I will lower my x5 just less then I have now.

I was saying that I WASN'T arguing that point. I love the way it looks and hate the way it rides. Sucks.

"......going to low severely deteriorates ride quality because the shocks AREN'T valved correctly for lowering the vehicle....."

Shock valving is a constant and therefore there is no change in ride quality until the suspension "bottoms out".




"......the bags have too little pressure which creates excessive bounce from the rear......"

The pressure inside the airbags does not change with ride height, volume inside the bags change. Vehicle weight and airbag cross-section remain unchanged when the compressor/venting raises and lowers an X and therfore the prior sentence is FACT.
An "excessive bounce" condition would be worn shocks or under-damping, not a change in airbag volume or your incorrect logic "too little pressure".